Cigar band



Nov. 1, 1927 Y 1,647,906

- L. L. DORMAN ET AL CIGAR BAND Filed Sept. 11. 1925 ATTORNEY wrmzss:

WZZZ Vi y'ammns Patented Nov. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES LEWIS L. DOBMAN AND WILL V.

CIGAR Application filed September The object of this invention is toprovide an improved band of the general type usually applied to cigarsfor the purpose of indicating the brand.

A further object is to provide a cigar band having an element projectingoutwardly from the surface thereof 1n order that it may be readilygrasped and the band removed from the cigar without injury to thelatter.

A further object is to provide for cutting the bands from a sheet ofpaper so folded and gummed that a number of bands may be severed fromthe main sheet by means of 1 dies, the elements projecting outwardlyfrom the surface of the band, at any point thereon, being the result ofmaking a series of cuts at predetermined points with reference to thefold previously formed in the sheet of paper constituting the blank.

In the drawings forming part of this ap-' plication:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a band of the type hereindisclosed applied to a cigar.

Figure 2 is a View showing the band in edge elevation as applied to acigar.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the band per se.

Figure 4: shows a blank sheet from which a series of bands is cut, thefold in the sheet being illustrated in top plan.

Figure 5 is a section through the structure of Figure 4:.

Figure 6 illustrates the band with a single row of perforations and witha double row, these perforations permitting prompt 'detachment of theband from the cigar.

The band as shown in Figure 3 includes 40 a strip 10, a portion of whichis approximately rectangular in form, includes an enlarged portion 11designed to carry the trademark or other printed or illustrated subjectmatter, and the article further includes the end portion 12. The tab orother similar device designed to be engaged by the fingers of the userin removing the band, is designated 13 and is formed by folding thepaper, so that element 13 comprises two thicknesses of material, andforms a convenient handle portion relatively strong as compared with theremainder of the band, which is of course of a single thickness.

PATENT OFFICE- GAGE, 0F WORLAND, WYOMING.

BAND.

11, 1925. Serial No. 55,786.

The band is gunnned at the point 14, and. is applied in the usualmanner.

In order to facilitate detachment, it is frequently desirable to providea single or a double row of perforations. In Figure 3 these perforationsare designated 16, and in Figure 5 one portion of the view shows adouble row of perforations at 16. V

The use of the device, and the function of the tab 13 being apparent, nofurther description of the article per se is required, but We desire todirect special attention to the mode of manufacture.

Figure 4 shows a sheet of paper or the like designated 18, and on thissheetthere are outlined a number of bands of the type herein disclosed.The long parallel portions of the cuts are designated 19, the circularportions 20, and the cuts for the end portion at the left, are shown at21. Prior to making the cuts by means of dies, in any well known manner,the paper sheet 18 is folded as shown in plan in Figure 4, the foldbeing designated 20, and being further. illustrated in Figure 5,constituting a section through the folded sheet. This arrangementprovides a portion of double thickness extending the full length of thesheet, and when a number of bands are cut at one time by means of aseries of dies, suitably directed, it will be observed that each bandwill carry a folded portion at the proper point to provide the structureof Figure 3.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. The method of forming cigar bands, which consists in folding a sheetof material to form an outwardly projecting'rib,

securing oppositely located portions of the fold with adhesive material,and then cutting out strips of material from the sheet to form bands, ina direction perpendicular of the fold, so that said fold will form anoutwardly extending element, transversely of the bands, to be grasped bythe fingers when removing the bands, said strips including end portionsnarrower than the intermediate portion, and the fold extending acrossone of the end portions, leaving the wider portion unobstructed.

2. The method of forming cigar bands, which consists in folding a sheetof material to form an outwardly projecting rib, and then cutting outstrips of material from the sheet to form bands, in a directionperpendicular of the fold and extending but slightly beyond it, so thatfold Will form an outwardly extending element,transversely of the bands,to be grasped by the fingers when removing the bands, said stripsincluding end portions narrower than the intermediate portion, and thefold extending across one 10 of the end portions, leaving the Widerportion unobstructed.

In testimony whereof they a ifix their signatures.

WILL V. GAGE. LEWIS L. DORMAN.

